To: levy who wrote (80777 ) 11/18/2000 10:06:07 AM From: FaultLine Respond to Honestly, I cannot answer your question but please consider an example from my own experience. only way I can give these students credit for their work (my overriding goal) is to visit each card and try to understand the nature of the error they have made. This consumes than half of the 80 hours I spend on this project each year. This process is not easy but I have absolutely no doubt that the final results are far superior in every way to the complicated but still very simplistic evaluation the machine and its programmer (me) are able to produce.nytimes.com Chads Have Their Place in Annals Of the Law nytimes.com Dimpled Chads Cost Me an Election The silver lining in all this recent turmoil is that the flaws in our electoral process — the inconsistent standards, the confusing ballots, the lack of accountability and the potential for conflicts of interest — are all now exposed. Let us hope that Americans will demand quick reforms. Meanwhile, my heart goes out to the presidential candidates and their families. Whatever happens, the loser in this election will never feel that he was dealt with fairly.
